Virginia

Offshore Wind Power

BOEM Finalizes Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the US Central Atlantic

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the finalization of three wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. These a…

Offshore Wind Power

US Pinpoints up to 8 GW of Offshore Wind Areas in Central Atlantic

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which, if fully de…

Oil Price

Sheetz to Offer $1.776 Gas for July 4th in Much of the Region

HUNTINGTON/CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - How does $1.77 a gallon gas sound?It will be a reality Tuesday, July 4 for Sheetz customers in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, …

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear Power to Reduce Microsoft Data Centre Carbon Footprint

A new hourly energy-matching agreement between US company Constellation Energy Corporation and Microsoft will harness the environmental attributes of nuclear to…

Thermal Coal

California Company Wants to Revive West Virginia Coal Plant With Hydrogen

(Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. Source: Wikimedia.)California-based company Omnis Global Technologies wants to convert West Virginia’s Pleasant…

Offshore Wind Power

Fugro Expanding Its Offshore Wind Expertise Centre in Virginia

Fugro will expand its regional centre of expertise for offshore wind, located in Norfolk, Virginia, as the company’s Virginia operations have grown over t…

Thermal Coal

IEEFA Highlights Coal Plant Updates From West Virginia

Seth Feaster, IEEFA, has authored a release commenting on the latest developments concerning the Pleasant coal plant in West Virginia and their implications for…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse to Supply New Steam Generators for Surry Nuclear Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Dominion Energy to design, engineer and manufacture six replacement steam generators for Surry nuclear …

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Research Well to Be Drilled in West Virginia, U.S.

A geothermal well will be drilled in the West Virginia University to investigate the potential for geothermal energy and carbon capture in the region.

Nuclear waste

US DOE Contract Awarded for Hanford Site Work

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to…

Nuclear Technology

Video Game Tech Could Be a Game-Changer for the Nuclear Workforce

Nuclear experts like Virginia Tech professor Alireza Haghighat have noted the biggest challenge to building new nuclear in the U.S. is workforce training at all…

Hydrogen Production

Droneup and DMI Partner to Test New Hydrogen Technology for Drones

DroneUp, a Virginia-based autonomous drone delivery platform and drone services provider, has partnered with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) to test a new hydr…

Hydrogen Project

US Companies Move Forward With Green Hydrogen Projects

A coalition of companies including major utilities has applied for federal funding to build a green hydrogen network spanning six south-eastern states in the US…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

West Virginia Regulators to Hear Proposal to Keep Coal-Fired Plant Open

(Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. Source: Wikimedia.)CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Regulators will consider a rate proposal by two FirstEnergy subsidiaries…

Nuclear Technology

Virginia Nuclear Bills Signed Into Law

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin participates in a bill-signing ceremony at Energy DELTA Lab in southwest Virginia. (Photo: Christian Martinez/Office of Gov. Glenn …